How to paint the side mirrors?

[khead717]

i wanna paint my side mirrors to match my car. What tools do i need and how do i paint them?
also i wanna paint the panel and the dash too, can i use the same paint?

i have a 95 civic.

[Goosse]

Here's a little DIY that I took of the old PH a long time ago

1. tape and newspaper the side of the car.
2.was the moldings with dish soap to get rid of oils.
3. dry and wipe moldings off with alcohol
4. sand with 800 then 1200 grit sand paper.
5. wipe off and clean with more alcohol let dry.
6. srayed Bulldog adhesive promotor to make paint stick.
( you can get it at Pepboys works better then primer cause primer make paint fade.)
7. two light coats of Bulldog then let dry fo 15 min.
8. then I used Krylon high gloss Banner red(color of my car Roma Red) and spayed 5 light coats of that in about a hour time span drys in 12 minutes.
9. then spayed 3 light coats a Krylon high gloss cherry red to
have perfect match.
10. Then used Krylon high gloss clear coat and sprayed about 4 light coats

I painted my own mirrors and door handles, and they came out pretty good. When you get really close to the painted parts you can see that it isn't done by a pro. Here are some pics

[igo4bmx]

If possible, i would take the mirror off the car and dissemble it as much as possible. you won't be able to paint the cracks and little hard to reach areas just painting the whole thing at once..

[Goosse]

Originally posted by igo4bmx
If possible, i would take the mirror off the car and dissemble it as much as possible. you won't be able to paint the cracks and little hard to reach areas just painting the whole thing at once..

agree, since it isn't that hard to remove the mirrors, I would remove them before spraying. It would make it a lot easier.

[kane2g]

there are only 3 screws that hold it from inside, just remove the thing.
600 paper is fine 1200 is for wetsanding after you clear coated them. After that buff those suckers with a rotarty buffer.

[rockhound]

Hey guys, what about side mouldings? My Prizm has side mouldings and I was thinking of shaving them off. But now I'm thinking of just painting them to match the car. For one reason, my car spends alot of time in parking lots, unfortunately(''). I got the car in late January and it took until mid February to get it's first parking lot dent (bunch of savages in this town)(''). So maybe I need the mouldings. Let me know what you guys think I should do.('')

[Rice-Rocketeer]

Yank them off and paint them along with the mirrors.

[khead717]

i painted my mirrors today, but they don't shine like the rest of the car...how do i make the paint shine?? put more clear coat on?

[Goosse]

You should make the last layer of clear coat very think, just below the point were it starts to drip. This way you'll get a nice and shiny result.

[sparq]

What about the actual door handles themselves... is it easy to remove them without spending like 4 hours yanking and manuevering to get them out -- would be nice to be able to have them off and be able to move them around as I wished when being painted.

[kane2g]

Its not hard to take out the handles, it took me couple minutes. I think its easier to take out the whole mechanism out and than disconnect the door handle from the rest.
I didnt paint my handles, i just shaved those suckers. It looks soo nice. hehe.

[rockhound]

Originally posted by khead717
i painted my mirrors today, but they don't shine like the rest of the car...how do i make the paint shine?? put more clear coat on?

Maybe you just need to buff those suckers.

[khead717]

Originally posted by rockhound



Maybe you just need to buff those suckers.

how do i do that??